Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gaeasoft" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12164:1" rel="noopener">Gaeasoft (051160 KS)</a> is a very interesting small cap stock in Korea that is worth further study. Gaeasoft currently has a market cap of 351 billion won. Gaesoft owns a 79.4% in a private company called Oasis Corp ("Oasis Market"), which operates an e-commerce platform for eco-friendly organic food products. In early July, <a href="https://www.kedglobal.com/newsView/ked202107070008" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oasis Corp</a> received a 50 billion won investment from a private equity firm called Unison Capital, which put the valuation of the company at 750 billion won, up from the valuation of 315 billion won Oasis Corp received in March 2021.</p><div class="content-highlight">
<p><strong>In our view, the value of Oasis Corp is likely to increase to nearly 1.5 trillion won over the next 12 months, doubling in the valuation from July 2021. If Oasis Corp is valued at 1.5 trillion won, a 79.4% stake would be worth 1.2 trillion won, which would be 239% higher than Gaesoft's market cap. </strong></p>
<p>Oasis Corp's major competitors include SSG.com, Kurly, and Coupang. Similar to its competitors, Oasis Corp has experienced strong growth in sales. Unlike its competitors, Oasis Corp is already profitable. </p>
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Gaeasoft (051160 KS) is a very interesting small cap stock in Korea that is worth further study. Gaeasoft currently has a market cap of 351 billion won. Gaesoft owns a 79.4% in a private company called Oasis Corp ("Oasis Market"), which operates an e-commerce platform for eco-friendly organic food products. In early July, Oasis Corp received a 50 billion won investment from a private equity firm called Unison Capital, which put the valuation of the company at 750 billion won, up from the valuation of 315 billion won Oasis Corp received in March 2021.
In our view, the value of Oasis Corp is likely to increase to nearly 1.5 trillion won over the next 12 months, doubling in the valuation from July 2021. If Oasis Corp is valued at 1.5 trillion won, a 79.4% stake would be worth 1.2 trillion won, which would be 239% higher than Gaesoft's market cap. 
Oasis Corp's major competitors include SSG.com, Kurly, and Coupang. Similar to its competitors, Oasis Corp has experienced strong growth in sales. Unlike its competitors, Oasis Corp is already profitable. 


Korea Small Cap Gem #10: Gaeasoft - Its Stake in Oasis May Be At Least 200% Higher Than Its Mkt Cap

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oasis-corp-of-korea" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36074:1" rel="noopener">OASIS Corp (370190 KS)</a> is looking to raise up to US$166m in its upcoming Korea IPO.</li>
<li>Oasis Corporation is an early morning delivery service business that delivers fresh food to consumers. It runs an e-commerce platform named ‘Oasis Market’ as well as offline stores.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about peer comparison.</li>
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OASIS Corp (370190 KS) is looking to raise up to US$166m in its upcoming Korea IPO.
Oasis Corporation is an early morning delivery service business that delivers fresh food to consumers. It runs an e-commerce platform named ‘Oasis Market’ as well as offline stores.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about peer comparison.


Oasis Corporation IPO - Peer Comparison - Smallest in Scale but Largest in Profitability

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oasis-corp-of-korea" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36074:1" rel="noopener">OASIS Corp (1799513D KS)</a> is looking to raise up to US$166m in its upcoming Korea IPO. </li>
<li>Oasis Corporation is an early morning delivery service business that delivers fresh food to consumers. It runs an e-commerce platform named ‘Oasis Market’ as well as offline stores.</li>
<li>Oasis Corporation aims to boost its sales and presence by further improving on its omnichannel strategy. However, its explosive growth appears likely to have been driven by COVID-induced lockdown measures. </li>
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OASIS Corp (1799513D KS) is looking to raise up to US$166m in its upcoming Korea IPO. 
Oasis Corporation is an early morning delivery service business that delivers fresh food to consumers. It runs an e-commerce platform named ‘Oasis Market’ as well as offline stores.
Oasis Corporation aims to boost its sales and presence by further improving on its omnichannel strategy. However, its explosive growth appears likely to have been driven by COVID-induced lockdown measures. 


Oasis Corporation IPO - Sole Profitable Player but Maybe Not for Long

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

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<li>Of the four peers, only Coupang adopts the gross method. Since the others adopt the net method, it is impossible to compare PSR with OASIS, which uses the gross method.</li>
<li>If they really want to use PSR, it should only be compared with Coupang. Even if we apply CPNG's current EV/Sales multiple (1.36x), it would only slightly exceed ₩0.5T.</li>
<li>A more logical way would be to use EV/GMV. Even in this case, it wouldn't be easy to expect a valuation higher than ₩0.5T.</li>
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Of the four peers, only Coupang adopts the gross method. Since the others adopt the net method, it is impossible to compare PSR with OASIS, which uses the gross method.
If they really want to use PSR, it should only be compared with Coupang. Even if we apply CPNG's current EV/Sales multiple (1.36x), it would only slightly exceed ₩0.5T.
A more logical way would be to use EV/GMV. Even in this case, it wouldn't be easy to expect a valuation higher than ₩0.5T.


OASIS IPO Pricing Is Not Even Worth Reviewing: Strongly Recommend Avoiding It

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<li>Our base case valuation of Oasis Corp is EV of 605 billion won, implied market cap of 788 billion won, and target price of 24,847 won per share. </li>
<li>This is 18.5% lower than the low end of the IPO price range. Given the lack of upside, we have a Negative View of the Oasis Corp IPO.</li>
<li>The end of COVID pandemic and relaxed regulations for hypermarkets in early morning delivery services are likely to have greater negative impact on Oasis Corp. </li>
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Our base case valuation of Oasis Corp is EV of 605 billion won, implied market cap of 788 billion won, and target price of 24,847 won per share. 
This is 18.5% lower than the low end of the IPO price range. Given the lack of upside, we have a Negative View of the Oasis Corp IPO.
The end of COVID pandemic and relaxed regulations for hypermarkets in early morning delivery services are likely to have greater negative impact on Oasis Corp. 


South Korea

Kurly Inc. wholesales and distributes food products. The Company wholesales and distributes fresh food, processed food, and other related products. Kurly markets its products throughout South Korea.

Kurly Inc (1653187D KS)

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Douglas Kim

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